Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) always moved between opposite poles. The bad boy of the Italian Baroque was a figure both admired and controversial, a revolutionary artist of violent temperament and precise technique, a master, a fugitive.
Although celebrated for his vibrant use of color, light, and shadow, Caravaggio will go down in the annals of art history for the
groundbreaking naturalism which he imprinted on his works and his radical pictorial innovations. From the dirty soles of feet to the sensual languor of naked flesh, the artist infused
an astonishing, often visceral, humanity even to biblical and sacred scenes. To this expressive creative universe must be added an intense personal biography, dominated by gambling addiction, debts, drunken brawls, and even a murder charge.
This book brings together Caravaggio's most famous and revolutionary works, explaining why this artist is currently considered
one of the most important of the early Baroque and what has been his
relevance in the history of art. Without his work, other artists such as Ribera, Vermeer,
Rembrandt , Delacroix, Courbet and Manet would never have painted as they did.
Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 0.56 kg, 96 pages
